When first issued in 2001, this set from Stephen Hough and the CBSO promptly garnered for these artists a second Gramophone Recording of the Year Award, for these are performances which combine all the elegance required for the Frenchman’s music with the utmost bravura. Saint-Saëns himself was a formidable pianist and his rare 1904 (!) 78-rpm recording of Africa has until now been matchless; finally in Stephen Hough’s performance he has a rival.
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